Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas View Institution's Website 2 articles published in JoVE Chemistry Preparation of Macroporous Epitaxial Quartz Films on Silicon by Chemical Solution Deposition Adrián Carretero-Genevrier1, Martí Gich2 1Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon, CNRS-École Centrale de Lyon, 2Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas A protocol is presented for the preparation of piezoelectric macroporous epitaxial films of quartz on silicon by solution chemistry using dip-coating and thermal treatments in air. Neuroscience Postsynaptic Recordings at Afferent Dendrites Contacting Cochlear Inner Hair Cells: Monitoring Multivesicular Release at a Ribbon Synapse Lisa Grant*1, Eunyoung Yi*1, Juan D. Goutman2, Elisabeth Glowatzki1 1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery., The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings from auditory nerve fiber dendrites at the inner hair cell ribbon synapse in the mammalian cochlea.